Lock And Key Lyrics - Hold Your Fire - Rush

I don't want to face the killer instinct 

Face it in you or me 

We carry a sensitive cargo 

Below the waterline 

Tickin' like a time bomb 

With a primitive design 

Behind the finer feelings 

This civilized veneer 

The heart of a lonely hunter 

Guards a dangerous frontier 

The balance can sometimes fail 

Strong emotions can tip the scale 

Don't want to silence a desperate voice 

For the sake of security 

No one wants to make a terrible choice 

On the price of being free 

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I don't want to face the killer instinct 

Face it in you or me 

So we keep it under lock and key 

Lock and key 

It's not a matter of mercy 

It's not a matter of laws 

Plenty of people will kill you 

For some fanatical cause 

It's not a matter of conscience 

A search for probable cause 

It's just a matter of instinct 

A matter of fatal flaws 

No reward for resistance 

No assistance, no applause 

I don't want to face the killer instinct 

Face it in you or me 

So we keep it under lock and key 

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I don't want to face the killer instinct 

Face it in you or me 

So we keep it under lock and key 

Lock and key 

I don't want to silence a desperate voice 

For the sake of security 

No one wants to make a terrible choice 

On the price of being free 

I don't want to face the killer instinct 

Face it in you or me 

So we keep it under lock and key 

I don't want to face the killer instinct 

Face it in you or me 

So we keep it under lock and key 

Lock and key 

We don't want to be victims 

On that we all agree 

So we lock up the killer instinct 

And throw away the key